Strontium titanate

Strontium titanate

Names
Other names Strontium titanium oxide Tausonite STO
Identifiers
CAS Number	12060-59-2 Y
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image Interactive image
ChemSpider	74801 Y
ECHA InfoCard	100.031.846
EC Number	235-044-1
MeSH	Strontium+titanium+oxide
PubChem CID	82899
UNII	OLH4I98373 Y
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID70893688
InChI InChI=1S/3O.Sr.Ti/q;2*-1;+2; Y Key: VEALVRVVWBQVSL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y InChI=1/3O.Sr.Ti/q;2*-1;+2;/rO3Ti.Sr/c1-4(2)3;/q-2;+2 Key: VEALVRVVWBQVSL-VUHNDFTMAE
SMILES [Sr++].[O-][Ti]([O-])=O [Sr+2].[O-][Ti]([O-])=O
Properties
Chemical formula	SrTiO 3
Molar mass	183.49 g/mol
Appearance	White, opaque crystals
Density	5.11 g/cm3
Melting point	2,080 °C (3,780 °F; 2,350 K)
Solubility in water	insoluble
Refractive index (nD)	2.394
Structure
Crystal structure	Cubic Perovskite
Space group	Pm3m, No. 221
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Y verify (what is YN ?) Infobox references

Strontium titanate is an oxide of strontium and titanium with the chemical formula SrTiO₃. At room temperature, it is a centrosymmetric paraelectric material with a perovskite structure. At low temperatures it approaches a ferroelectric phase transition with a very large dielectric constant ~10⁴ but remains paraelectric down to the lowest temperatures measured as a result of quantum fluctuations, making it a quantum paraelectric.^[1] It was long thought to be a wholly artificial material, until 1982 when its natural counterpart—discovered in Siberia and named tausonite—was recognised by the IMA. Tausonite remains an extremely rare mineral in nature, occurring as very tiny crystals. Its most important application has been in its synthesized form wherein it is occasionally encountered as a diamond simulant, in precision optics, in varistors, and in advanced ceramics.

The name tausonite was given in honour of Lev Vladimirovich Tauson (1917–1989), a Russian geochemist. Disused trade names for the synthetic product include strontium mesotitanate, Diagem, and Marvelite. This product is currently being marketed for its use in jewelry under the name Fabulite.^[2] Other than its type locality of the Murun Massif in the Sakha Republic, natural tausonite is also found in Cerro Sarambi, Concepción department, Paraguay; and along the Kotaki River of Honshū, Japan.^[3][4]